Last Sunday, unlike today that is cold and rainy, was absolutely glorious. Beautiful sunshine with only a light zephyr blowing, a perfect morning to hit the trail at Mt. Kingsthorpe, all 618mts of it. I didn't get a height reading from the start but I'd doubt if the climb was more than 300 mts. The walk itself was only 1040mts. The views, though, are to die for with about a 300 degree views of the surrounding Darling Downs.
This is walk #8 in the local walks guide I've been using. Apart from the steep climb by road to the car park area at the beginning of the walk the grade was fairly easy.
The video is a view from the top looking out over the Darling Downs starting east of south and finishing north of east.
Me trying to get a little arty.
Looking North West half way up.
Mt. Gowrie that I'd like to climb but I'm not sure if I'm allowed.
Just came back from a recky on the bike to see if I could find walk #7, 'Kingsthorpe Hill', in the Bush Walks In The Toowoomba Region book,
It was easy enough to find so if the weather is fine I'll go out and do the walk. It's nothing huge by any means, about 1.5k's up and back but the views of the surrounding downs promise to be spectacular.
About a month ago now I went out to crows nest falls, #19 in the Bush Walks In The Toowoomba Region book.
It was a cool morning and the ride out though uneventful a bit on the cool side.
It's an east enough park to find and the walking paths well worn and easy to find and follow.
Here is a video of the Vally of Diamonds which is walk #20 but a little beyound my skill and fitness level but I hope to find someone that can show me the way one day.
Anyway, I'll be back with some photos and video after I get to the top of Highfields Hill.
See ya then.
After months of trying to get all my ducks in a row it finally happened.
The I have a motorbike duck
The I have a licence to ride the motorbike duck
The I have a day off duck
The it's not raining duck
And the I don't feel too tired duck, all lined up and I was off to find The Highfields Falls which up until a few years ago were unheard of to me but once I'd found out about their existence I was determined to find them even if they were only 10 minutes to the North of me.
And this little booklet I picked up from the Tourism place here in Toowoomba is how I found out about the Falls. There's 52 mostly short day walks listed in the book and at this stage I plan to do each one and report back here.
I've already done several before I bought the book but I plan to do them again.
Sweet, aren't they?
Now, the Falls, like I said are only ten minutes North of me here but I did have to have two goes at finding them. Being a bloke I'm not supposed to need a map or directions so I left the book at home and went looking and while I could hear them I wasn't game to venture any further without directions. So, back on the bike and head home to get the book I goes and the second time with a decent set of instructions I found them easy peasy.
There is three tiers to the falls the first and the third are small with this, the second, being the largest. At a rough guess I say twenty/thirty feet or so.
This boulder was just sitting in the middle of the stream and I can only guess that it was washed there during the wild floods we had in January, 2011.
By the time I'd finished my walk I counted seven different seed species stuck to my pants and it took a good fifteen minutes to pull them all out and off.
Last but not least the falls from a different angle.
Cheers
I've planned to ride to Inglewood and Texas and home via Stanthorpe tomorrow (07-04-13) but I'm not sure if the weather gods will be on my side.
Stewart.
I've only had a small play with it but it looks like the bee's knees. It'll do almost everything you ever wanted except all the digging, weeding, watering and planting bit.
It even made me go out and plant a row of Beetroot seeds.
And what's more it's free. Awesome.
Cheers, I'm going to see how many days it takes to grow some carrots.
